The New Orleans Saints kickoff their season against the Arizona Cardinals in 10 days. After a long offseason, the preseason flew by. It's hard to believe we're only a week and a half from regular season action. It feels like we jumped from the first day of training camp to the regular season. Speaking of jumping, let's continue our countdown to with Reggie Bush's Fleur-De-Leap.
The Saints' Super Bowl season was full of majestic moments, and this one is near the top of the list. The touchdown will go down as a 10-yard rush, but it's the last five yards that steal the show.
After taking the end around, a block from Drew Brees gave Bush open field around the corner. By the time he got a step inside the six-yard line there was a Dolphins defender diving to push him out of bounds short of the first down. Not only did Bush jump over the defender for the fist down, he glided through the air into the end zone.
This isn't the first time Reggie Bush has pulled this off
For many people, this play would be the highlight of their life. Jumping 15 feet with pads on is no easy feat. For Reggie Bush, it's just a repeat of one of his top highlights in college. He had to jump over an UCLA defender en route to a touchdown at USC.
Call me bias but Bush's leaping touchdown with the Saints is the superior play. He jumps from farther back. Instead of getting hit and flipping over, Bush floats through the air with the ball extended. Both are fantastic plays, but the Saints touchdown was a bit more graceful and aesthetically fit for a picture.
Bush reviewed the college version of this play and explained his thought process. At that time, he felt he would have been taken out of the game if stopped inside the five yard line. Because of this he had predetermined he would jump if he got that close. The reasoning may or may not have extended to Bush's touchdown versus the Dolphins, but knowing he could do it had to play into Bush's decision to jump.
The result is one of the top highlghts from the greatest season in Saints history.